Re: Licence query

2008-09-14 Thread Måns Rullgård
Stephen Gran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > This one time, at band camp, Måns Rullgård said: >> Stephen Gran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> > This one time, at band camp, Måns Rullgård said: >> >> There is one thing about that license that strikes me as slightly odd. >> >> >> >> Permission i

Re: Licence query

2008-09-14 Thread Stephen Gran
This one time, at band camp, Måns Rullgård said: > Stephen Gran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > This one time, at band camp, Måns Rullgård said: > >> There is one thing about that license that strikes me as slightly odd. > >> > >> Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any p

Re: Licence query

2008-09-14 Thread Måns Rullgård
Stephen Gran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > This one time, at band camp, Måns Rullgård said: >> There is one thing about that license that strikes me as slightly odd. >> >> Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose, >> including commercial applications, and to alter

Re: Licence query

2008-09-14 Thread Stephen Gran
This one time, at band camp, Måns Rullgård said: > There is one thing about that license that strikes me as slightly odd. > > Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose, > including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it > freely, subject to th

Re: Licence query

2008-09-14 Thread Måns Rullgård
Francesco Poli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, 14 Sep 2008 17:10:17 +0100 Julian Gilbey wrote: > >> Hi all! > > Hi! :) > >> >> I'm looking at a package (GLFW, bindings to OpenGL from Haskell) which >> has the following licence. I think that it is DFSG-free, but I'd like >> someone else to

Re: Licence query

2008-09-14 Thread Francesco Poli
On Sun, 14 Sep 2008 17:10:17 +0100 Julian Gilbey wrote: > Hi all! Hi! :) > > I'm looking at a package (GLFW, bindings to OpenGL from Haskell) which > has the following licence. I think that it is DFSG-free, but I'd like > someone else to check over it, as I've not seen a licence exactly like

Licence query

2008-09-14 Thread Julian Gilbey
Hi all! I'm looking at a package (GLFW, bindings to OpenGL from Haskell) which has the following licence. I think that it is DFSG-free, but I'd like someone else to check over it, as I've not seen a licence exactly like this one before. Many thanks! Julian Licence follows: Copyright (c) 20

Re: Advice on wicd license

2008-09-14 Thread Bernhard R. Link
* Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [080914 10:20]: > David Paleino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I'm packaging wicd for Debian, and it's licensed under GPL-2+. However, one > > of > > its components ("uninstall.sh") carries this license: > > > > # Copyright 2008 Robby Workman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Advice on wicd license

2008-09-14 Thread David Paleino
On Sun, 14 Sep 2008 19:03:27 +1000, Ben Finney wrote: > David Paleino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Sun, 14 Sep 2008 18:19:55 +1000, Ben Finney wrote: > > > You're right, and [the "All rights reserved" clause] should best > > > be removed by the copyright holder. You might like to communic

Re: Advice on wicd license

2008-09-14 Thread Ben Finney
David Paleino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, 14 Sep 2008 18:19:55 +1000, Ben Finney wrote: > > The whole license is effectively identical to the terms of the > > Expat license http://www.jclark.com/xml/copying.txt>. > > Well, I'd regard this license as a "BSD-1", i.e. BSD with just the > f

Re: Advice on wicd license

2008-09-14 Thread David Paleino
On Sun, 14 Sep 2008 18:19:55 +1000, Ben Finney wrote: > David Paleino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I'm packaging wicd for Debian, and it's licensed under GPL-2+. However, one > > of its components ("uninstall.sh") carries this license: > > > > # Copyright 2008 Robby Workman <[EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: Advice on wicd license

2008-09-14 Thread Ben Finney
David Paleino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm packaging wicd for Debian, and it's licensed under GPL-2+. However, one of > its components ("uninstall.sh") carries this license: > > # Copyright 2008 Robby Workman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Northport, AL, USA > # Copyright 2008 Alan Hicks <[EMAIL PROTE

Advice on wicd license

2008-09-14 Thread David Paleino
Hello *, I'm packaging wicd for Debian, and it's licensed under GPL-2+. However, one of its components ("uninstall.sh") carries this license: # Copyright 2008 Robby Workman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Northport, AL, USA # Copyright 2008 Alan Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Lizella, GA, USA # All rights reserv